"There's a problem there. It is looking like that the best thing for the club and him is probably to leave, certainly if you can get good money for him.

"He is a top, top player, but they are flourishing since he announced he wants to go.

Dimitri Payet has been left frustrated by West Ham's refusal to let him leave (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images)

"When you have a player who is a special talent and wants to leave, there is always a few in the dressing room, people like Mark Noble who is a legend there, who is thinking 'this is my club and you just want to walk away'.

"Everybody has their own situations. I don't know if he's homesick and his family wants to go home, but I think for West Ham, try and get the money and get someone in this window or in the summer."